Chief minister Naveen patnaik on Saturday dedicated a 200-bed Covid Hospital at Bhawanipatna promoted by the Vedanta group..The hospital is equipped with ventilators and oxygen system and has a special paediatric ward with 16 ICUs and 14 HDU beds besides facility for entertainment
Praising Vedanta Group and its chairman Anil Agrawal for promoting the hospital, the CM said the hospital would provide free medical care, diagnostics, medicine and food.
Highlighting the steps taken in the State in the fight against Covid-19, Patnaik said work has started for 15 oxygen plants, where production would begin in the next two months. Odisha has already saved many lives by supplying oxygen to 18 States.
Patnaik advised the people to get ready for a third wave and urged everyone to wear a double mask and get vaccinated. "Whether it's an epidemic or a natural disaster, we must win if we are prepared in advance," he remarked.
Vedanta Group Chairman Anil Agrawal praised the Chief Minister for the development of Kalahandi and the overall development of Odisha. "Kalahandi is in the heart of the Chief Minister. When I met him, he always talked to me about the development of the Kalahandi region,” he said.
The function was attended, among others, by Health Minister Naba Kishore Das Industry and Energy Minister Dibya Shankar Mishra, Kalahandi MP Basant Kuumar Panda and WODC Chairman Asit Tripathy.